The eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) is a species of bird in the hornbill family Bucerotidae found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Horizocerus |
| Species: | H. cassini
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| Binomial name | |
| Horizocerus cassini (Finsch, 1903)
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Taxonomy edit
The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formally described in 1903 by the German naturalist Otto Finsch based on a specimen from Gabon in West Africa. He coined the binomial name Ortholophus cassini.[2][3] The specific epithet was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Cassin.[4] The species is now placed in the genus Horizocerus that was introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The eastern long-tailed hornbill was formerly considered to be conspecific with the western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".[5]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Horizocerus cassini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725956A94907270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725956A94907270.en. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Finsch, Otto (1903). "Ueber die arten der Bucerotidien gattung Ortholophus, Grant". Notes from the Leiden Museum (in German). 23 (4): 195-205 [201-205.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 261.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2024.